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Making over Umbria’s greatest museum
The Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, home to some of Perugino’s most important works, can now display its outstanding collection in suitably grand style
Refashioning the garden – an interview with Jil Sander
Jil Sander is renowned for her minimalist approach to fashion design. And yet the gardens at her country home tells the tale of a more maximalist aesthetic
Why are climate activists in an Old Masters frame of mind?
It is impossible not to be glued to the ongoing protests of environmental activists in the world’s leading museums
Will Alexander Pope’s underground grotto finally come to light?
The poet’s bejewelled lair on the banks of the Thames was his pride and joy – and its restoration shines new light into the shadowy depths of his mind
What the art world really thinks about Documenta 15
Six museum directors, curators and gallerists give their take on the controversies surrounding this year’s exhibition in Kassel
Robert Kime (1946–2022)
The collector, dealer and interior decorator, who started trading antiques from his rooms at Oxford as an undergraduate, has died at the age of 76
Is Keanu Reeves about to become the architect of his own destiny?
May the actor’s upcoming role as the successful Chicago architect Daniel H. Burnham be more promising than his previous skirmishes with the profession
Harmless fun – the crafty cartoons of Heath Robinson
More than a century later, the English cartoonist’s ingenious drawings can still tickle the imaginations of modern audiences
The aristocrats who conquered 18th-century society in style
In ‘Enlightened Eclecticism’, Adriano Aymonino shows how the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland made over their stately homes to advance their social ambitions
In the studio with… Lily van der Stokker
The Dutch artist’s studios are filled with artworks, miniature pieces of furniture and floral vases that she buys at flea markets in France
How Issey Miyake brought art into fashion
The Japanese fashion designer revolutionised womenswear by creating comfortable clothes appreciated for their androgynous elegance and ease
How August Sander faced up to modern times
By turning social types into individuals, the photographer influenced many of his contemporaries and shaped how we see the 20th-century
Shifting sensibilities – how plein-air painting became all the rage
Once overlooked by both artists and collectors, the urgency of landscape studies holds an obvious appeal for modern audiences
What artists are really doing when they take up residencies
Recent initiatives are expanding on the traditional model of patronage through community engagement, cross-disciplinary collaboration and mentorship schemes
Henry Moore’s hoarding habits
The British sculptor’s monumental, minimal forms drew influence from his wide-ranging collection of ethnographic artefacts
The photographers who are obsessed with the passing of time in Turkey
Bruno Vandermeulen and Danny Veys use 19th-century processes to bring a very modern sensibility to archaeological sites in Anatolia
In the studio with… Mariana Castillo Deball
The Mexican artist’s studio is filled with books and tiny pieces of detritus that have fallen off her artworks or that she finds on her travels
How Vernon Lee kept her finger on the pulse of gallery-goers
Long before the invention of the visitor-response survey, the writer was curious about how works of art affected their viewers
Beyoncé remixes the Renaissance
The pop star’s latest album contains fewer treats for art-history buffs than its title promises – but Rakewell is too busy dancing to care
Tall tale: Gustave Eiffel and his tower get the big-screen treatment
Romain Duris cuts a dash in a lavish French film about the engineer, but it’s the tower that’s the true star
The art of bodysnatching in Edinburgh
There’s no disguising the gruesomeness of the trade that underpinned the scientific advances of the 18th century
The contemporary artists who are paying their respects to Piranesi
Piranesi may have fallen out with his Irish patron but, in modern-day Dublin, artists inspired by his example are looking to mend fences
In the studio with… Nikita Gale
Downtime is important for the artist in downtown Los Angeles, who has a figurine from a children’s television show keep watch over their studio
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